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Testing a Weightlifting Bar

(PG-13: Language) It turns out that Lauri Vuohensilta doesn’t just have a hydraulic press in his shop. Here, he uses a powerful 5-ton crane to see how much weight an inexpensive weightlifting bar can handle. Our nerves are completely shot from waiting for it to give way.